'I get drunk with my daughter': Mum who parties with her 17-year-old says it's the only way to keep an eye on her

Party pals: Ruth Davies says the best way to keep an eye on her daughter Teri is to be her drinking buddy 

Ruth and Teri love going out on girls nights out together, getting dressed up to hit the local bars and clubs, chatting up boys and more often than not getting drunk on cocktails.
There's one difference though between these two women and your average girlie friends: Ruth and Teri are mother and daughter.
46-year old Ruth Davies, who is often mistaken for 17-year-old Teri's sister, says that partying together is the best way to keep an eye on her daughter.

'I started to let her have a glass of wine with a meal and also at Christmas. Until she was 16 we mostly drank at home, one or two glasses of wine at special times, maybe if we were out and I had a bottle of wine.

'Now we go out together.

'When she is 18 she can do whatever she likes, but while she's in my care I want to be in control and I don't think she will be safe if she's drinking in secret behind my back.'

At just 17-years-old Teri isn't legally old enough to drink outside of the house, but she defends her mother's behaviour.

She says: 'We still do other normal things that parents do with their children, but we also go out and have fun and I think that's very important, especially at my age.

Strong bond: Teri has been drinking since she was 14 and says she drinks less now her mother goes out with her

FLOODS KILL IN BEIJING - CHINA

Floods kill 37 and affect 1.9 MILLION as rainstorms cut off roads and rail in Beijing

Death toll reaches 37 after city battered by heaviest downpour in 60 years

      Disaster has affected 1.9 million and is estimated to have caused almost one billion pound worth of damages.

   The torrential rain saw roads submerged and caused blackouts across Beijing

   Residents took to the internet to express their anger over the city's 'flawed' infrastructure. 

Devastation: The rain and flooding in Beijing is estimated to have caused around one billion pounds worth of damages

Urban flooding: China's flooding problems are not limited to Beijing - this picture shows waterlogged streets in Gaogiao township in Dongxing district in Neijiang, in southwest China's Sichuan province at the weekend

Record rainfall: Two men watch as emergency services try to retrieve a damaged bus left submerged in a flooded car park after storms hit Beijing at the weekend, leaving 37 people dead

Submerged: This picture taken in Chongqing in southwest China over the weekend shows people wading along a flooded street

Chaos: Cars can be seen floating in floodwaters surrounding a residential building in Beijing, following fierce rainstorms over the weekend

Wreckage: Flash floods receded to reveal cars left piled up in a ditch in Fangshan district in Beijing at the weekend

Bereft: A Beijing family try and salvage their belongings from their damaged home after a storm wreaked havoc in the city at the weekend

Deluge: Non-stop rain saw roads turned into rivers in the city, with parts submerged in up to 17 feet of water

Swept away: A vehicle washed away by flooding in Fangshan district in Beijing can be glimpsed still partially submerged in the muddy rainwater

   Disaster: Cars remain partially submerged in rainwater in the aftermath of heavy storms that hit Beijing, China at the weekend

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GAY PRIDE PARADE IN SAN DIEGO

 This July 16, 2011 file photo shows members of the military marching in the Gay Pride Parade in San Diego. The Defense Department on Thursday, July 19, 2012 announced it is allowing service members to march in uniform in a gay pride parade for the first time in U.S. history. The department said it was making the exception for Saturday's Gay Pride Parade in San Diego because organizers had encouraged military personnel to march in their uniform and the event was getting national attention. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

 A sailor waves a flag during the gay pride parade Saturday, July 21, 2012, in San Diego. 

 Sailors march in uniform

 two women, both active duty sailors in the Navy who gave their names as Nikki, left, and Lisa, kiss as they march in the Gay Pride Parade in San Diego.

   A Marine in uniform hands out flags in front of a group of sailors as they march in the gay pride parade Saturday, July 21, 2012, in San Diego.

 Navy Senior Chief Dwayne Beebe, center, embraces Jonathan Franqui, right, after proposing to him during the gay pride parade Saturday, July 21, 2012, in San Diego

Betty Ayala salutes a group of veterans as she holds a sign showing her son during the gay pride parade 

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KEEP FIT NOT SLIM

If you want to live longer, keeping fit is more important than keeping slim. An 11-year study of 14,000 men by the American Heart Association revealed an increased fitness reduces the chance of dying over the next six years by 19 per cent

Kenyan domestic workers want more

Friday July 20^TH 2012 –The Kenya union of Domestic Workers put up an aggressive protest yesterday demanding that parliament ratifies the International Labour Organisation Workers Convention No.189.

“We appeal to the members of parliament to ratify this important convention that seeks to push for recognition of domestic workers as other respected workers,’’ they said through their General Secretary Albert Njeru.

The Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers union called for MPs to support the ratification and adoption of the convention.  

The convention demands that domestic workers around the world who care for families and households, must have the same basic labour rights as those available to other workers: reasonable hours of work, weekly rest of at least 24 consecutive hours, a limit on in-kind payment, clear information on terms and conditions of employment, as well as respect for fundamental principles and rights at work including freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.

They marched to parliament and presented a petition to Igembe South MP Mithika Linturi saying that the convention will improve the working and living conditions of domestic workers including an upward-review of their monthly wages.

They have been demanding not less than 7,900 per month in salary and to be given weekend offs for time with their families. However a section of employers have showed concerns about the domestic workers’ move claiming that they are not professionals to make such demands.

The Kenyan DAILY POST